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SS: Ch. 8 Vocab
Vocab for US History Ch. 8
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A trail to Kentucky created by Daniel Boone. It became the main road to Kentucky, but was difficult to travel because it was not wide enough for horses or wagons. | Wilderness Road |
| A form of government where people choose representatives to govern them. | Republic |
| Articles that limited governmental powers so government would not lead to tyranny. National government mentioned above run by the Confederation Congress. | Articles of Confederation |
| Called for surveyors to mark six-mile square plots of Western land. Plots called townships. | Land Ordinance of 1785 |
| Western land marked by the Land Ordinance of 1785. Included areas that became Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and part of Minnesota. | Northwest Territory |
| Described how Territory was to be governed, set conditions for settlement, and outlined rights. Set a pattern for the orderly growth of the US. | Northwest Ordinance |
| Farmers uprising after the Massachusetts legislature refused to offer debt relief. The militia put down the rebellion, but it drew attention to the weaknesses of the Articles. | Shays's Rebellion |
| 55 delegates from 12 states sent to Philadelphia to discuss governmental strengthening. Amended the government and Articles of Confederation. | Constitutional Convention |
| One of the most able delegates at the Constitutional Convention. Had previously read up on several books regarding government prior to the meeting. | James Madison |
| Proposed a government with three branches, and with two houses in the legislative branch. The representation in both houses were based on wealth and population. | Virginia Plan |
| Proposed a legislature with only one house, and with each state getting only one vote. This plan did not offer broad powers to the government like its alternative. | New Jersey Plan |
| Proposed that the states would get equal votes in the Senate, but the number of representatives in the House of Representatives would be based on population. Solved the conflict between the New Jersey and Virginia Plans. Satisfied large and small states. | Great Compromise |
| Compromise that proposed three-fifths of the slave population would be counted for taxation and representation. | Three-Fifths Compromise |
| System of government where power is shared between federal and state governments. | Federalism |
| People who supported the ratification of the Constitution. | Federalists |
| People who opposed the ratification of the Constitution. | Anti-Federalists |
| Best-known Federalist essays created to answer Anti-Federalist arguments. Published in a newspaper and then eventually put together in a book. | The Federalist Papers |
| Influential Virginian who was opposed to the ratification of the Constitution and wanted a bill of rights added. | George Mason |
| First ten amendments to the Constitution stating the rights of the citizens that the government cannot trample upon. | Bill of Rights |
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